Geoff Norcott
- 48 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 8
Right on: does stand-up comedy have a left-wing bias?
The idea that the artform skews left is widespread, but the prevalence of comedians punching down suggests otherwise.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 25th January 2021Geoff Norcott donates to charity after losing bet
"£1,000 to charity if anyone can dig out a Jim Davidson routine about politics," he tweeted. "I must've missed the bit on Big Break where him and John Virgo were digging out the unions." But Chortle editor Steve Bennett quickly quoted Davidson's 2003 stand-up special Vote For Jim, which contains plenty of political gags, as the title suggests.
Chortle, 20th November 2020Radio Times poll of best radio comedies
Radio 4 panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue has come top of a Radio Times list of the greatest radio comedy shows.
British Comedy Guide, 17th November 2020Geoff Norcott to publish memoir Where Did I Go Right?
Conservative-voting comedian Geoff Norcott is to publish a memoir exploring his "working-class upbringing and his political journey from left to right".
British Comedy Guide, 5th November 2020Review: The Duchess, Netflix
It'll be interesting to see how the comedy goes down in America as the programme has a strong English feel - there is a Richard Curtis-y sunny West London vibe to the look, with a splash of Motherland and Catastrophe thrown in for good measure.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th September 2020British Comedy Guide launches Laughter Lounge online comedy festival
British Comedy Guide is launching Laughter Lounge, a virtual comedy festival due to run Monday 28th September until Sunday 4th October. Acts include Tom Allen, David O'Doherty and Luisa Omielan.
British Comedy Guide, 7th September 2020Unbiased jokes at the BBC? We've heard that one before
Writers remain sceptical of Tim Davie's plan to limit left-wing laughs, and warn it will be impossible to deliver.
Vanessa Thorpe, The Observer, 6th September 2020The BBC's bid to axe left-wing comedy will fail
From Punch in the 19th century to P. J. O'Rourke to Auberon Waugh to Craig Brown to Titania McGrath, if it's grown-up, nuanced political humour and satire you want, refer to books, newspapers, magazines or the internet. Let the lefties have the airwaves.
Patrick West, The Spectator, 3rd September 2020With comedy, I'd rather be offended than bored
New director-general Tim Davie will reportedly steer TV comedy to the right to correct years of perceived anti-Tory bias. But it was Brexit, not the BBC, that put a spanner in British humour.
Suzanne Moore, The Guardian, 2nd September 2020Norcott: right-wing comedy is neither racist nor sexist
The Left's reaction to a proposed shake-up of BBC comedy was more narrow-minded, predictable and offensive than any 'right-wing' comic's act.
Geoff Norcott, The Telegraph, 2nd September 2020